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PLAIDS
Definition of PLAIDS
noun
plural of plaid
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Word DNA
PLAIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLAID.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Scots
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLAID · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLAIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLAIDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADILPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PLAIDS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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